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Some of Scotland’s most eclectic and diverse sights, from a 12th century monastery and iconic medieval castles to landmarks of Victorian architectural prowess and engineering feats of the 21st century, have been voted by the public among top 10 man-made wonders in the country. New research by Visi

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Working in the construction is so stressful that workers are left to feel they look nine year older, according to new research. As many as three quarters of Britons feel that their job places a large amount of stress on them, even to the point of aging them, yet only a third would consider moving to

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Over a third (35 per cent) of UK homeowners have regretted the results of a DIY project and wish that they had called in a professional to handle it, according to a new survey. As the property ladder has become unsteady due to the UK voting for Brexit, a poll by home services marketplace Plentific.c

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William Shakespeare may be celebrated in China with a development attempting to replicate his hometown, the BBC reports. Plans for Sanweng Town feature "Stratford-upon-Avon" complete with a River Avon and Holy Trinity Church.

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A construction worker renovating a home walked in on an armed intruder ransacking a home, police have said. The worker returned from a lunch break and noticed a smashed window at the property he was renovating in Escondido, San Diego.

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A team led by Brock Carmichael Architects has won a competition to create a more self-sustainable future for the South Atlantic Ocean island community of Tristan da Cunha, a town which lies 1,000 miles from human civilisation. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) competition encouraged i

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China's recent obsession with glass tourist attractions has gone round the U-bend with the opening of some see-through treetop public toilets. The BBC reports that the loos, near Shiyan Lake in southern Hunan province, boast panoramas of the surrounding forest’s lush treetops, the silver waters of

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Adverts surrounding a Dundee construction site were given a comedy makeover after a joker stuck giant googly eyes onto the billboards. The billboards, which wrap around the construction site for the £28m upgrade to the city’s train station, depict different Dundonians discussing the upgrades to t

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A 21-year-old Australian tradesman has been bitten by a venomous spider on the penis for a second time, the BBC has reported. The man was using a portable toilet on a Sydney building site on Tuesday, when he suffered a repeat of the incident five months ago when he was treated for a redback bite.

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Acclaimed author JK Rowling has been given permission to build a £2 million equestrian centre at her family home in Edinburgh. The author of the "Harry Potter" book series and her husband Neil Murray were given planning permission by the City of Edinburgh Council last month to erect stables and two

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Construction workers at a building site in northern Brazil were rattled by the discovery of a giant 10.5 metre-long snake weighing 400kg. The enormous anaconda slithered out following an explosion at a cave in Altamira, Para.

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A pagan from the Borders has crossed swords with planning officials who have refused him permission to build a sacred shrine in honour of Herne the Hunter. Andrew Cleghorn, 52, from Kirkburn, wants to build, on his smallholding, an altar, statue plinth and sacred well in tribute to the god, The Scot

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